Okay - my "report" on the salt. I drove around quite a bit yesterday and sure enough, it's good out there.
First of all: the start lines for 1 & 2 are only a quarter mile or so from Land's End, so traffic is likely to become kinda messy with the access road close to the "staging" area. SLOW AND CAUTIOUS and remember to yield to race vehicles that are being moved.
Course #3 is a short short course for rookie runs and such, and it's around the bend of the dike. I didn't drive much over there but what I saw was fine.
Okay - the long course. It is good. I didn't find any brown spots (where the mud was showing through thin salt) on the course, and from the 5 to almost the 8 is smooth and dry and white. But drivers had better have things well under control by the 8 - - - because at the 8 1/2 it's all over and the crunchies start.
The turnoffs start after the 5 'cause before that point the salt is smooth enough that any ol' place to turn out is okay. Turnouts are every half mile.
The pits were pretty smooth with no dragging, but that was yesterday. Maybe they're even smoother now. Pits have an entrance every 1050 feet and go on for about a mile.
Enola Gay Cafe will be the food vendor, VP is the fuel truck (R.I.P. Rick Gold, by the way), there's at least one new SCTA trailer, and Ron Christensen and I will be on 89.3 or 89.7 or whatever frequency we can find that's quiet.
I've said enough for now and am going to greet Craig/Honey Buckets. Speaking of HB, if you've arranged for a private toilet/sink for your pit: Honey Buckets will be stashing a bunch of units near the pits and they'll help you get yours, and they'll also visit to do the paperwork. If you want a padlock to keep your unit pristine - ask Honey Buckets for one.
Deep enough!! See you on the salt.
